In a speech at the ICO's annual Data Protection Practitioners Conference in Manchester, the information commissioner said GDPR is bringing about a major culture change, and companies should strive to make the handling of customer data a top priority.

Following on from the ICO issuing fines to the RSPCA and British Heart Foundation for misuse of donor data, the Charity Commission has now investigated and assured that both charities are no longer using the same fundraising practices.

A finance firm based in London has been fined £70,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office, in retaliation for its contracted marketing firm sending out some 2.2 million unsolicited SMS messages. The fine comes as the ICO's total bill of outstanding fines mounts up, due to companies going into liquidation rather than paying them.

The UK's Information Commissioner has given recommendations to a House of Commons Committee detailing why (amongst other things), company directors should be held personally accountable for breach of data protection laws.

The number of security breaches reported by organisations to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) rose from 1,089 in 2015 to 2,048 this year during a similar period, reflecting an 88 percent increase.

The healthcare sector has once again won the dubious distinction of the leakiest industry as the Information Commissioner's Office releases data covering breaches reported in the final quarter of 2015.

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee report on cyber-security opened with criticism of the ICO and then moved on to recommendations for escalating the visibility of cyber-security within organisations.

The ICO has called for a more 'practical' approach to data protection regulation in light of advancing technology, limited resources and the incoming EU Data Generation Protection Regulation - and this might result in more 'tellings off' and less fines.

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